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Minor Box R-38, R-39
Box
1
Folder:
1. Message of John Ross to the General Council from Niles Weekly Register, November 14,
1829, regarding the general state of affairs in the Cherokee Nation.
2. Letter of John Ross to H. Montgomery from the Cherokee Phoenix and the Indian Advocate, July 31, 1830, in which
Ross points out to the President the stipulations in the Treaty of Holston that
the Cherokees are not under the law of a state.
3. Message of John Ross to the General Council from the Niles Weekly Register, August 7, 1830,
regarding Cherokee relations with the U.S., and the problem with Georgia.
4. Memorial of John Ross from the Niles Weekly Register, August 7, 1830, regarding presenting the
problem of the Cherokees in Georgia to the U.S. Congress.
5. Message of John Ross from the Cherokee Phoenix, October 16, 1830, regarding the state of affairs
in the Cherokee Nation.
6. Message of John Ross
from the Niles Weekly Register,
November 22, 1830, regarding needed and proposed legislation in the Cherokee
Nation.
7. Message of John Ross from the Cherokee Phoenix and the Indian
Advocate, November 19, 1831, regarding the general state of affairs.
8. Message of John Ross from the Senate Executive Document, August 4, 1832, regarding the
resignation of Elias Boudinot as editor of the Cherokee Phoenix.
9. Letter of Elias Boudinot to New Echota and Indian
Advocate, August 11, 1832, regarding letter of resignation from the Cherokee Phoenix.
10. Message of John Ross from the Cherokee Advocate, October 27, 1832, regarding the general affairs
of the Cherokee Nation. Also, editorial
message on John Ross from the New Echota
and the Indian Journal, October 27,
1832, regarding the approval of remarks by Ross in his message.
11. Message of John Ross from the Cherokee Phoenix and the Indian
Advocate, August 10, 1833, regarding the delegation to the U.S. government.
12. Message of John Ross from the Niles Weekly Register, October 19, 1833, regarding the above
speech.
13. Message of John Ross from the House Executive Document, October, 1835, regarding the general
affairs of the Cherokee Nation.
14. Message of John Ross from the House Executive Document, October, 1840, regarding the general
affairs of the Cherokee Nation.
15. Message of John Ross from the House Executive Document, December 20, 1842, regarding the
relations of the Cherokees and the U.S., and the removal and appropriations,
etc.
16. Message of John Ross from the Indian Documents, October 23, 1843, regarding submitting subjects
for the consideration of the National Committee.
17. Message of John Ross from the Cherokee Messenger, November 18, 1844, regarding the general state of affairs.
18. Proclamation of John Ross from the Cherokee Advocate, May 1, 1845, regarding rewards for the
apprehension of criminals.
19. Editorial on Cherokees from the Cherokee Advocate, May 1, 1845, regarding crimes in Indian lands.
20. Editorial on John Ross from the Indian Advocate, November, 1850, regarding a message by John Ross.
21. Annual message of John Ross from the Indian Advocate, December, 1852, regarding the general state of
affairs in the Cherokee Nation.
22. Message of John Ross from the Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, October 5, 1857,
regarding the general state of affairs.
23. Annual message of John Ross, October 4, 1859 from a printed
pamphlet regarding the general state of affairs.
24. Letter
of John Ross to A.B. Greenwood, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, June 18, 1860,
regarding an 1819 treaty with the U.S. and its provisions.
25. Letter of John Ross to A.B. Greenwood, October 4, 1860,
regarding a treaty with the U.S., and the Indian lands. Also, a message of John Ross to the National
Committee and Council regarding the 1819 treaty.
26. Proclamation of John Ross (copy), May 17, 1861, reminding the
people of the obligations to the U.S.
treaty.
27. Address of John Ross, August 21, 1861, from the Official Records of the War of the Rebellion,
regarding the U.S. government and the Confederacy.
28. Message of John Ross from History
of the Cherokee Indians, by Emmet Starr, regarding Cherokee relations with
the Confederacy.
29. General Council meeting from the Cherokee Advocate, October 21, 1871, regarding calling a meeting of
the Council.
30. Editorial on the Cooweescoowee District from the Cherokee Advocate, January 24, 1874,
regarding it being named for the late chief, John Ross.
31. Early Cherokee events from the Claremore Progress, February 19, 1898, regarding recounts of the
events leading to the removal of the Cherokees and the role played by John
Ross.
32. Facts about the Cooweescoowee District, from the Claremore Courier, August 18, 1899.
33. Editorial on John Ross from the Claremore Courier, September 1, 1899, regarding the Cherokee
dances.
34. Address of John Ross from the Twin Territories, February, 1900.
Letter of John Ross to the Seminoles of Florida, dated October 18, 1837,
regarding Indian lands and removal.
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35. Article on John Ross, et al, in The Reporter, February 27, 1903.
36. “The Story of the Red Man's Part in the Civil War,” in The Reporter, May 29, 1903.
37. “The Keetoowah Society,” in The Reporter, June 12, 1903.
38. Article about the Keetoowah Society, in The Reporter, July 3, 1903.
39. Article about the Cherokee chiefs, from the Weekly Examiner, August 29, 1903,
regarding terms of office of the chief of the Cherokee Nation.
40. Article announcing a new book to be printed in Cherokee, in
the Weekly Examiner, April 22, 1904.
41. Article on the musical names of Cherokee towns, The Claremore Messenger, August 23,
1904.
42. Article on the printing of a book in Cherokee, in The Reporter, April 22, 1904.
43. “Historic Fort Gibson” from the Fort Gibson Post, October 15, 1904, regarding the history of Fort
Gibson.
44. Article on the history of the Cherokee, from the Marble City Enterprise, May 6, 1905, regarding John Ross.
45. Editorial on John Ross from the Tulsa Chief, March 20, 1906, regarding John Ross’s plan to move the
Cherokees to old Mexico instead of Indian Territory when removed from Georgia
lands.
46. “Myths of the Cherokee” from the Grove Sun, July 2, 1909, regarding the part played by John Ross in
the history and the myth of the Cherokees.
47. Note on John Ross from the Dewey
World, January 13, 1910 announcing that the teacher in the local school is
a granddaughter of John Ross.
48. Letter from Howard Payne from the Saint Louis Republic, June 26, 1910, regarding the accomplishments
of John Ross. Also included is the
article, “Cherokees Are Proud of John
Ross.”
49. A biographical sketch of John Ross from Strum's Wild West and Oklahoma Magazine, March 1911.
50. A biographical sketch of John Ross from the Daily Oklahoman, January 26, 1930.
51. A biographical sketch of John Ross from Thomas Donaldson’s
“Eastern Band of Cherokee” in 11th Census.
52. “Chief John Ross” from John D. Benedict’s Muskogee and Northeastern Oklahoma.
53. A biographical sketch of John Ross from Thoburn and Holcomb’s A History of Oklahoma.
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